from Terry Jones of the Edmonton Sun,

His name is Ken Holland not Ken Houdini.

It’s not easy to work Free Agent Frenzy Day wearing a set of handcuffs, ankle irons and wrapped in chains while trying to keep your head above water in a fishbowl with 18,000 out-of-the-playoffs-for-12-of-the-last-13-season Oilers fans tapping on the glass and screaming to hurry up.

To suggest Holland went bobbing for apples and ended up with applesauce Monday would be unfair.

But what did he get done? A little.

And what didn’t he get done? A lot.

Everybody in Edmonton knew what Holland had on his ‘To Do’ list going into July 1.

Job 1 was to get Ryan Nugent-Hopkins a second-line talent to finally be able to play with. Free Agent Frenzy Day came and went with the Oilers longest serving player still centring a helicopter line — no wings.

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